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Greek Like Me

A podcast about all things Greek. History. Language. Lore. Culture. Food. Mythology. Family and more. From diners to the Ottoman Empire, from the history of baklava to Greek Independence. What it means to be Greek and how it shapes our world.

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The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles
The Theft of the Parthenon Marbles

The Parthenon and its spectacular marbles survived for two thousand years. Then Ottoman Occupation enabled an opportunistic British diplomat to run amok among Greece’s greatest monuments, and pillage the symbol of Greek civilization and democracy.

The Unexplained: Sacred Greek Temple is an Optical Illusion

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures

Acropolis, ancient ruins, architecture, Athena, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek heroes, history, mythology, Orthodoxy, Ottoman Empire, the Parthenon, Parthenon, Lord Elgin, LootingPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #athens, #athena, #phidias, #christopherhitchens, #ottomanoccupation, #ottomanempire, #britishempire, #lordelgin, #ancientworlds, #greece, #greekcultureComment
What Are the Parthenon Marbles?
What Are the Parthenon Marbles?

For 2,500 years the most spectacular marble statues ever seen graced the Parthenon, atop the Acropolis in Athens. For all of that time artists, architects, mathematicians, and scholars studied and admired the Temple of Athena and her sculptures. We’ll talk history, the man who envisioned the Acropolis complex, and why the Parthenon Marbles are pride and “essence of Greekness.”

Phidias, Parthenon Sculptures

Parthenon (Acropolis)

The Parthenon/History/Acropolis of Athens

ancient ruins, Athens, civilization, culture, Greek, Greek gods, heroes, history, Ottoman Empire, rituals, the Parthenon, tradition, Perikles, architecture, Acropolis, AthenaPamela Diotes Wood#theparthenon, #parthenonmarbles, #thebritishmuseum, #grecopersianwars, #Pericles, #greekarchitecture, #classicalgreece, #greekcitystates, #athens, #perikles, #athena, #thegoldenageofgreece, #lordelgin, #ancientworldsComment
Karagiózis
Karagiózis

How a Turkish shadow puppet evolved into a symbol of Greek suffering and resistance. Funny and subversive, Karagiózis connected Greeks in cities, villages and islands by keeping their music, culture and the seeds of resistance alive; sustaining Greeks through the Ottoman Occupation, the War for Independence, civil war, Nazi brutality and military oppression.

Ευγένιος Σπαθάρης Ο Καραγκιόζης Γιατρός

Karagiozis makes bullying

Karagiózis, shadow puppet, Athens, culture, ethnic, Greek, Greek heroes, Greek insults, Greek politics, heroes, history, humor, Ottoman Empire, Political Protest, traditionPamela Diotes Wood#karagiozis, #shadowpuppettheater, #greekshadowpuppet, #karagöz, #ottomanempire, #socialsatire, #history, #greekhistory, #greekculture, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment
Melina Mercouri Part 4: Exile, Politics & the Parthenon Marbles
Melina Mercouri Part 4: Exile, Politics & the Parthenon Marbles

Overnight Greece went from democracy to military dictatorship, and Melina went from privileged society girl and actor to political juggernaut. How love of country launched her from star of the Broadway stage into battle for soul of Greece.

Melina Mercouri - The Last Greek Goddess

Greek actor/politician Melina Mercouri on being a national hero

Interview with Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri

Melina cafe bistro/ A Greek cafe dedicated to Melina Mercouri

Our thanks to the Melina Mercouri Foundation for permission to use photos from their gallery

ancient ruins, Athens, Broadway theater, culture, ethnic, Greek, Greek film, Greek heroes, Greek politics, heroes, history, Melina Mercouri, the Parthenon, tradition, The Colonels Coup, Political Exile, Political Protest, Greek Parliament, UNESCOPamela Diotes Wood#melinamercouri, #greekmovies, #greektheater, #manoshajidakis, #julesdassin, #mikostheodorakis, #pattakos, #parthenonmarbles, #colonelscoup, #lordelgin, #exile, #militaryjunta, #thelastgreekgoddess, #essenceofgreece, #heritage, #eu, #unesco, #neveronsunday, #Illyadarling, #podcast, #greek, #culture, #ethnic, #greekamerican, #greeklikeme, #americangreek, #greekdiaspora, #greekroots, #greekculture, #yiasou, #agape, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment
Melina Mercouri Part 3: Never on Sunday, Garbo & Broadway!
Melina Mercouri Part 3: Never on Sunday, Garbo & Broadway!

Melina becomes a worldwide film star with Never on Sunday, flops as Lady MacBeth and meets her hero, Greta Garbo. Then she and new hubby, Jules Dassin, open Illya Darling! on Broadway

Links

Stella (1955)

Never on Sunday (Nuncio en Domingo)

"Never on Sunday" Trailer

Mes amis d'hier Melina Mercouri

Athens, culture, ethnic, Greek, Greek politics, Greek theater, history, humor, Melina Mercouri, tradition, travel, Broadway theater, Greek film, blacklistingPamela Diotes Wood#melinamercouri, #greekmovies, #greektheater, #michaelcocayiannis, #manoshajidakis, #marikakotopouli, #bouzouki, #julesdassin, #neveronsunday, #Illyadarling, #titovandis, #podcast, #greek, #culture, #ethnic, #greekamerican, #greeklikeme, #americangreek, #greekdiaspora, #greekroots, #greekculture, #yiasou, #agape, #ellines, #ελλινεςComment